Tartar (1780 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Tartar (ship).

History
Great Britain
BuilderFrance
Launched1778
Acquired1780 by purchase of a prize
FateProbably lost in 1799; last listed 1801
General characteristics
Tons burthen460, or 480, 483,[1] or 494,[2] or 49419⁄94[3] or 500, or 600[4] (bm)
Length
  • Overall:116 ft 10+1⁄4 in (35.6 m)
  • Keel:93 ft 0+1⁄4 in (28.4 m)
Beam31 ft 7+1⁄2 in (9.6 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 8 in (4.2 m)
Complement20[1]
Armament
  • 1781:26 × 9-pounder guns + 6 × 9-pounder carronades[4]
  • 1794:14 × 6-pounder guns[1]
NotesTwo decks

Tartar was built in France in 1778, almost surely under another name. She was taken in prize and appears under British ownership in 1780. After a short career as a privateer, she made a voyage between 1781 and 1783 as an extra East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She then became a whaler in the northern whale fishery (Greenland and Davis Strait). After whaling she traded with the Baltic and then served as a London-based transport. She was probably lost in 1799, and was last listed in 1801. If Tartar is the vessel lost in 1799, in 1796 French warships captured her, but the Royal Navy quickly recaptured her.

  1. ^ a b c "Letter of Marque, p.89 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ^ British Library: Tartar (1).
  3. ^ Hackman (2001), p. 201.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LR1781 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).